March 2025 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

Arch General - is there a problem with posts
by Mike Cloaked 26 Aug '25

26 Aug '25

There have been no posts coming from the arch general mailing list for several months. Is there a problem with the server? -- mike c

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Postgresql 17
by IS 18 Apr '25

18 Apr '25

Does anyone know why Postgresql 17 is not yet available on Archlinux? Thanks

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Are there arch based live ISO containing libreoffice?
by u34＠net9.cf 18 Apr '25

18 Apr '25

I am aware to archman, https://archman.org/ , live ISO with libreoffice included. Archman is current, last released on Dec 2024. There is also archbox, https://archbox-linux.github.io/ , last released on 2017.04.15. What other arch based live ISO, preferrably current, with libreoffice included within the ISO, are there? -- u34

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[arch-dev-public] Re: The future of `reflector` [was: Spring cleanup '25]
by mpan 18 Apr '25

18 Apr '25

> On 22/03/2025 14:43, Robin Candau wrote: >> On 3/22/25 11:50 AM, Antonio Rojas wrote: >>> Time to clean up old cruft again. Please head to https:// >>> archlinux.org/devel/reports/unneeded-orphans/ and adopt packages you >>> want to keep in the repos. >>> [...] >>> I will start dropping packages to AUR in ~ 10 days. >>> [...] >>> reflector >>> [...] >> >> Re: Spring cleanup '25 [1]: Aside from being quite popular among our >> users (probably for historical reasons and because it's currently the >> only solution offered in the official repo as far as I can tell), >> `reflector` is included and used in our ISO [2]. >> As such, it should *not* be dropped in the current state of things. >> > Actually I don't think that's a good reason to keep it. If anything it > should be removed from ISO as well in my opinion. > > I don't think we should be including anything like that because then we > should consider also anything from https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ > Mirrors#Client-side_ranking > > So let's keep it simple. Removal from the ISO may be a reasonable choice. It’s not an essential tool and, as an automatically started service, it was giving people trouble. Personally I also believe benchmarking tools, that use others’ resources, shouldn’t be run without person’s explicit need. Privacy concerns may be raised by some users too, given running the ISO unconditionally contacts a large number of network services. But I don’t see a reason to remove reflector from the repos, unless no new maintainer appears in due time.⁽¹⁾ The package is present on 58% pkgstats-ed machines:⁽²⁾ more popular than chromium, zsh, or ruby. Upon removal the only remaining options will be using Xyne’s repo or AUR. Not a huge deal for seasoned Archers, but I don’t think fresh users should be told to configure 3rd party repos or jump into AUR, if that’s not really necessary. Cheers, mpan ____ ⁽¹⁾ Due time: when reflector’s PKGBUILD needs to be updated. ⁽²⁾ Webapp at <https://pkgstats.archlinux.de/packages/reflector>

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about the uutils-coreutils package
by Leah Anderson 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

Hey, I noticed something about the uutils-coreutils package in the extra repo. It isn't marked as conflicting or providing the coreutils package at all. Is this a problem at all? Best wishes, Leah

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test email please ignore
by Jelle van der Waa 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

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Trying to use "Preview" on bbs.archlinux.org - times out?
by David C. Rankin 20 Mar '25

20 Mar '25

All, I've never had an issue with this, but earlier today attempting to ask https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2232737 I always use "Preview" to verity formatting before submitting. However, today choosing "Preview" resulted in a timeout and Page Not Found - Try Again? if Firefox. So I did try several times to create a preview and all times I got nothing back. Submitting the question worked fine, so it looks like there was something up with the "Preview" feature. Does anyone have any further information about that? If it is an issue, is a bug report wanted? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Screen update / screen bug
by Jeanette C. 05 Mar '25

05 Mar '25

Hey hey, I wondered about this bug: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/screen/-/issues/2 https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?66209 As far as I understand a solution for this issue is known, a different compilation switch. Does anyone know what the plans for an update/fix are? Alternatively, can someone suggest a workaround for using -X in scripts? Best wishes and thanks, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c There's a girl in the mirror I wonder who she is Sometimes I think I know her Sometimes I really wish I did <3 (Britney Spears)

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